Race, Gender and Identity in the Renaissance

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How were race and gender understood in the Renaissance? How did differential social power influence culture while impacting daily life? How might this relate to race and gender in American culture today? This course explores the various ways race, gender, and other forms of identity were represented in Renaissance literary and artistic works, and how literature, theater and art can impact culture, politics, and society, especially in Renaissance Italy and the contemporary United States.